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Write HTML Like It's 1999

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Re: Write HTML Like It's 1999

#11

My God that page is beautiful. Over half the vertical space is content without me touching anything. No banner bar asking me to install some bullshit mobile app. No 800-pixel panel at the bottom telling me what a cookie is. No incredibly obnoxious warning that I only have one more free article before the wisdom of the ages is lost to me so I'd better cough up five bucks.

Agree. Is it a Jekyll theme or some totally customized template?

Re: Write HTML Like It's 1999

#12

Instead of a border I tend to have a debug helper that adds a 1px outline of cyan or pink. To get the “bones” of a component or page. Good advice. Definitely sounds like captain obvious but it’s also something I think needs to be said.

And for anyone who isn't familiar with (what I would consider) the most important difference in this use-case: borders affect the positioning of other elements, whereas outlines do not. You don't want to be using a temporary border, since it can significantly affect the layout of your site when you remove it.

Re: Write HTML Like It's 1999

#13

My God that page is beautiful. Over half the vertical space is content without me touching anything. No banner bar asking me to install some bullshit mobile app. No 800-pixel panel at the bottom telling me what a cookie is. No incredibly obnoxious warning that I only have one more free article before the wisdom of the ages is lost to me so I'd better cough up five bucks.

Interesting, it is mostly whitespace for me. Maybe because of my large monitor?

Re: Write HTML Like It's 1999

#15

Instead of a border I tend to have a debug helper that adds a 1px outline of cyan or pink. To get the “bones” of a component or page. Good advice. Definitely sounds like captain obvious but it’s also something I think needs to be said.

That and I tend to have a debug class handy to drop in to highlight a specific elements... where it is... where the hell did it go!?!!?

Re: Write HTML Like It's 1999

#16
post #6

I’m a little confused by the title. Wasn’t nav introduced in HTML5? Anyway, agree with what’s being said here. K.I.S.S.

It was. So was styling form elements.

The idea isn't to pretend it's 1999 and only use stuff that works in netscape4/IE5, but to build pages in the same way as then. adds something useful - it helps screen readers out, but costs nothing.

Re: Write HTML Like It's 1999

#17

My God that page is beautiful. Over half the vertical space is content without me touching anything. No banner bar asking me to install some bullshit mobile app. No 800-pixel panel at the bottom telling me what a cookie is. No incredibly obnoxious warning that I only have one more free article before the wisdom of the ages is lost to me so I'd better cough up five bucks.

Interesting, it is mostly whitespace for me. Maybe because of my large monitor?

I'm on mobile, and it is indeed impressive in its simplicity and layout.

Re: Write HTML Like It's 1999

#18
I've never understood the purpose of "semantic" html. It seems to be bandied about as some sort of unquestioned good, but why? If the code is easy to understand who cares that the "correct" tags have been used?

Obviously there are some benefits for screen readers and search engines, but these uses should be explicitly checked for as part of a QA process instead of relying on some vague standard of semanticness.

Re: Write HTML Like It's 1999

#20

My God that page is beautiful. Over half the vertical space is content without me touching anything. No banner bar asking me to install some bullshit mobile app. No 800-pixel panel at the bottom telling me what a cookie is. No incredibly obnoxious warning that I only have one more free article before the wisdom of the ages is lost to me so I'd better cough up five bucks.

Agreed, and it could be even better if they removed the 'scroll to top' button.
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